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S. L. SALOMON. LABELING MAGHINE.

No. 447,907. Patented Mar. 10, 1891 (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

S. L. SALOMON.

LABELING MACHINE.

No. 447,907. Patented Mar. 10,1891

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SIEGML'ND L. SALOMON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LABELING-=MACFHNB SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No.447,907, dated March 10, 1891. Application filed October 22,1890. SerialNo. 368,931. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, SIEGMUXD LnvsERSALo- MON, of the city and county ofNew York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Labeling-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My improvement relates especially to labeling-machines for labelingbottles and other cylindrical vessels or packages, and more particularlyto machines in which the labels are pasted and carried to the bottles orpackages by means of a traveling apron, to which paste is applied.

I will first describe my invention in detail with reference to theaccompanying drawings, and afterward point out its novelty in claims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 represents acentral longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 represents a transversesection taken about on the line 00 .r of Fig. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe label-receptacle.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A A designate a frame consisting of a bedplate or base A and fixedstandards A, in which are journaled a roller 13 and a roller 0, and inwhich a lever D is fulerumed at a.

E E designate a frame, the front end of which is pivoted upon thejournal or shaft of the roller 0, and in the rear end of which isjournaled a roller C. The two rollers C C carry atraveling apron F. Thesaid rollers may be of wood or other suitable material and the apron ofindia-rubber or other suitable fabric. The frame E F. and the apron Fare capable of a swinging or rising and falling motion about the axis ofthe roller 0.

Under the roller 0 is arranged a paste-box G, in w'hichrunsapaste-supplying rollcrlland a paste-transferring roller I, the latterroller being between the roller 11 and apron-roller C to transfer pastefrom the roller II to the apron close to where the apron is supported bythe said roller 0. Under the part of the apron-frame E E near-the otherroller 0 is arranged a label-receptacle, consisting principally of aplate or table J and a series of adjustable spring-supported pins 1) b.I The lever 1), fulcrumed on the frame Act a, as hereinbefore mentioned,is duplex, there being one memberon each side of the machine, and itstwo members are connected together at theirouter ends by a crossbar D,so that they work in unison. Their inner ends are arranged to operateupon the under side of the apron-frame E E for the purpose of liftingthe same, the said ends being furnished with anti-friction rollers 0below the said frame.

The lever l), besides serving the purpose of lifting the apron-frame Eand apron F, serves to carry two rollers B B which, together with theroller I3, hereinbefore mentioned, constitute a holder with rollingsurfaces, which I willhereinafter speak of as the bottle-holder, thoughit may be used for holding cans or any cylindric bodies or packages towhich it may be desired to apply labels. In Fig. 1 a bottle L is shownin the holder. The rollers B 15 B may have their bodies made of wood,metal, or other rigid material, and their surfaces of vulcanizedindia-rubber or other yielding material, so that they will adaptthemselves to any irregular surfaces of the bodies to be labeled, and inthe case of glass bottles will obviate breakage. The rollers B B arejournaled in a yoke B which is secured to the crossbar D of the lever Dby means of ascrew boltd and a nut d, and an elastic collar or cushion(Z of indie-rubber or other suitable material, being applied around thesaid bolt between the yoke and cross-bar to enable the yoke and therollers B B to adapt themselves to the longitudinal profile of anyslightly-tapered bottle or other article to be labeled. The cross-bar Dhas attached to it a handle D by the depression of which the rollers Bconstituting a seat or resting-place for the bottle or other article,are lowered to permit the introduction and removal of the bottle orother article, the same movement of the'handle serving to raise theinner end of the lever D, and so lift up the apron frame E and apron F.The yoke 13 has provided in it several sets of holes e-to constitutefdiiferent bearings for the journals of the roller B, and provide by theshifting of said roller between said-bearings for adapting the holder tohottles or articles of different sizes.

The plate or table J of. the label-receptacle has its rear edge securedto a rock-shaft jf, fitted to hearings in boxes 9 upon the fixed plateor table A. Its forward end is supported by springs 71, which are coiledaround fixed posts It. The said plate or table' J is slotted, as shownat t' 'i in Fig. 5, for the passage through it of the spring-supportedpins 1) b, which are carried by plates 1', which are fitted todovetailed guides j on the bottom of the said table orplate, and whichare capable of being secured to the said plate or table bybinding-screws and nutsZ when adjusted to bring the said pins b b to theproper position, according to the form and size of the labels. The saidpins 1) 1) form the sides of the label receptacle. They pass throughbosses provided on the platesj, and are connected .with the said platesby springs m, which act to press them upward that they may project abovethe table J as high as may be required for the highest pile of labelswhich it may be desired to place in the receptacle. The table J isrepresented as having an inclination downward and rearward. By thisarrangement the labels. will adjust themselves against the lowermostpins Z) Z).

In order to provide for labels of circular or oval form so adjustingthemselves, provision is made for depressing the central pin 1) andholding it depressed, so that the labels may pass over it and adjustthemselves against the two pins 1) on opposite sides of the said pin Z).This provision is represented in Figs.

1, 3, and 5 as consisting of a small flat button 11, pivoted to thetable by a pin a. When the pin 1) is depressed below the table, thisbutton maybe turn'ed over the top of it, and will thus hold it down.

Above the label-receptacle there is provided within the apron F a platenE, which is rigidly secured at It It to the apronframe, and the underface of which is parallel with and nearly close to the lower run of theapron to press the latter closely upon the top label of the pile, sothat paste may be applied by the apron to the whole surface of the labeland that the picking up of the so-pasted label may .be insured.

In. order to provide for.the taking up of the labels on the proper partof the width of the apron and placing it in a proper position lengthwiseof the bottle or other article, the label-receptacle is bodily movablelengthwise of its rock-shaft f, and is capable of being secured in anyposition thereon by means of set-screws r, and in order to enable theattendant to place the bottle or other article in the bottle-holder inproper position lengthwise to receive the'labels an adjustable gagepin3, furnished with an anti-friction roller,

' against which one end of the said article is to be placed, is-providedupon the holderyoke B 1 i L' is the stripper for stripping the pastedlabels from the apron, consisting of, a series of tines aud a suitablestock, which is fitted to a shaft 2, the ends of which are secured inportions of the sides of the apron-frame, wlnch project beyond theroller 0 toward the bottleholder. This stripper is adjustable about theaxis of the shaftt to bring its pointsin suitable proximity to the apronto strip on. the labels without tearing the apron. This adjustment maybe effected by turning the stock of the stripper on the shaft 2. or byturning the said shaft in its hearings in the apronframe, and theadjustment may be secured by set-screws t or 15 as will be readilyunderstood by reference to Fig. 3. The stripper beingattached to theapron-frame moves with it and injury to its points by the apron and tothe apron by its points when the apron is lifted is prevented.

In order to provide for the removal of the paste from all parts of thewidth of the apron but those which are to paste and receive the label,and thus prevent the pasting of those portions of the bottle .or otherarticle not to be covered by the label, I provide a scraper N for eitheror each edge of the apron. I have represented one on each side. Thesescrapers consist of blades which lie close against the under part of thebelt over the paste-box, and they are represent-ed as pivoted to smallposts It, which are firmly secured to the sides E of the frame, the saidblades being pivoted on the lower ends of the said posts so that theymay be set at ditterent angles across the apron, as may be understood byreference to Fig. 2, and thereby be made to reach across a greater orless portion of the width of the apron.

To provide for the proper adjustmentof the tension of the apron, thebearings for thejournals of the roller 0 are provided in sliding piecesE which are movable lengthwise on the sides E of the apron-frame bymeans of pinions p and toothed racks q, the said racks being upon thesaid sliding pieces and the said pinions on a shaft'p', which works inbearin gs in the sides E of the frame and which is capable of beingturned by a hand-wheel p The'adj ustment may be secured byset-screws andnuts q, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

To provide for giving just as thick a coating of paste to the apron asmay be desired,

I make the'paste-box and the roller H within f it adjustable toward andfrom the apron.

This I have represented as accomplished by supporting the rear side ofthe box on fixed bearings v, on which it. may be tilted, and supportingits rear end on an adj ustirig-screw 10. By turning this screw the boxand the roller 11 are raised or depressed, and so caused to producegreater or less pressure between.

and between the latter rollerthe rollers II I and the apron. By allowingthe roller I to run loosely between the roller H and the apron a copioussupply of paste is given to the apron, and by pressing it more closelyaless copious supply is given.

' The roller B is fu rnished with a hand-crank B", by which to turn it,and is also furnished,

with a spur-gear B", gearing with a spur-gear C on the apron-roller (1!.On the shaft of the apron-roller G is another gear 1 which gears with agear I on the paste-transferring roller I, the said gear I gearing withone II on the paste-supplying roller ll. 3y turning the crank the rolleris caused to turn a bottle or other cylindrical article in the holder,and the gearing just described is at the same time caused to produce therotation of the roller C and the travel of the belt, and also caused toproduce the rotation of the two paste-rollers.

To operate the machine, the paste-box having been supplied with pasteand the receptacle J Z) Z) having been supplied with labels,the'attendant depresses the handle D to lift the apron out of contactwith the labels, and he then turns the crank 3" long enough to give theapron sufficientmovement-to paste a suitable portion of its length toreach over the labels. He then raises the handle and allows the apron todrop upon the top label, as shown in Fig. 3, and afterward depresses thehandle low enough to permit the introduction of the article to bepasted, which I will suppose to be a bottle. This movement causes thepasted apron to pick up the top label. Ile next placesthe bottle ontheholder, as shown in Fig. 1 and in dotted outline in Fig. 2, with itsbottom against the gage s, and then allows the handle to rise highenough to clamp the bottle between the rolling surfaces of theholderviz., the rollers B B 13 He then, while holding the apron clear ofthe pile of labels by the handle D turns the crank tosimultaneouslyproduce the rotation of the bottle and the movement of theapron by which the pasted and picked-up label is carried to the bottle,the said label being stripped from the apron by the stripper L just asit arrives at the bottle, and then taken up by the bottle and rolledclosely thereon by the action of the roller 13, which produces therotary movement of the bottle, the latter in turn producing byitsfriction the rotation of the rollers B which assist in pressing thelabel tightly onto the bottle. The handle may then be depressed to openthe holder, and after the removal of the bottle the handle is allowed torise to let down the apronto take a new label and the several operationsare repeated, as herein described.

In the operation of pasting the label and picking it up from the apronit is obvious that the apron must come down close to the whole surfaceof the label in order to properly apply the paste thereto. This wouldhardly be possible in case the label-receptacle should be supported withabsolute rigidity, as the angle at which the apron would strike the toplabel would vary according to the height of the pile. It is to enablethe top label to adjust itself to the angle of the apron that thereceptacle is pivoted, as by supporting it on the rock-shaft f at itsrear end, and supported on a yielding bearing, as the springs 71, at itsfront end.

It is obvious that a treadle may be applied to the lever D instead ofthe handle D 'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. The combination of a bottle-holder having rolling surfaces, areceptacle for labels having an open top, and a traveling pastecarryingapron capable of a rising and falling motion for the purpose of pastingthe labels in said receptacle, picking them up therefrom, and carryingthem to a bottle or package in said holder, substantially as hereindescribed.

2. The combination of a bottle-holder having rolling surfaces, areceptacle for labels having an open top, a traveling paste-carryingapron and rollers therefor, and a frame for said rollers arranged toswing to and fro about the axis of one of said rollers toward and fromsaid receptacle,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination of a bottle-holder having rolling surfaces, areceptacle for labels having an open top, a traveling paste-carryingapron and rollers therefor, a frame for said rollers arranged to swingto and fro about the axis of one of said rollers toward and from saidreceptacle, a-paste-reservoir, a paste-receiving roller running in saidreservoir, and a paste-transferring roller situated between saidpaste-receiving roller and the said apronroller, about the axis of whichthe said frame swings, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination, in a labeling-machine,

with a paste'carrying apron and rollers for carrying the same, and aframe containing the said rollers and apron, arranged to swing from theaxis of ore of said rollers, of a label-receptacle and a fixed pivotalsupport therefor at one end thereof and a yielding support for the otherend of said receptacle,substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth. 5. The combination, in a labeling-machine, with a travelingpaste-carrying apronand a frame for said apron, of a scraper pivoted tosaid frame on either side of said apron and adjustable on its pivotforremoving paste from a greater or less portion of the width of thesaid apron, substantially as herein described.

6. The combination, in a labeling-machine, of a label-receptacle, atraveling paste-carrying apron and a swinging frame for said apron forpasting and picking up labels from said receptacle, and a strippersupported in said frame for stripping the labels from said apron,substantially as herein described.

7. The combination, in a labeling'machine,

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with a label-receptacle and a traveling paste carrying apron and aswinging frame for said apron for pasting and picking up labels fromsaid receptacle, of a stripper and a shaft for carrying the same,supported in said frame and movable therewith to preserve the properrelation of the stripper to the apron during the swinging movements ofthe latter and the said frame, substantially as herein set 'orth.

8. The combination, with the rising and falling paste-carrying apron, ofa labcl-recep.- tacle consisting of a table and a series ofspring-supported pins working through said table, substantially as andfor the purpose herein set forth.

9. The combination, with the rising" and falling paste-carrying apron,of a receptacle consisting of a table and a series of springsnpportedpins working through said table, and a stop for retaining one of saidpins below the surface of the table, substantially as and for thepurpose herein set forth.

10. The combination, With a labeling-machine, a paste-carryin gapron,aswinging frame and rollers therefor for carrying said apron, alabel'reeeptacle, and a SIEGMUN D L. SALOMON.

fixed position and rollers substantially as \Vitnesses:

FBEDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY.

lever for operating said frame, of a bottle-holder consisting of a.

